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have not installed I8 yet, but thinking about it.

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Gin

Flightless Bird
Worried that if I install I8 and my programs or settings fail to work that I
will not be able to go back to the original IE. As I use my computer for
work, worried I will not be able to get back to work, hence no $. Is there a
way to get back to a previous IE if need be and remove I8 or does it replace
the older version. I keep closing the pop up message to install I8 because I
dont want to risk it, but the window keeps opening asking me to install it
for months now and is driving me crazy. It looks like I may alredy have some
of the features (compatibility icon -looks like ripped paper) so wondering if
some of it has been downloaded for me already in an update or something?
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Gin
 
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Leonard Grey

Flightless Bird
Internet Explorer 8 does not not install itself without a user's
explicit permission, which you need to give not once but twice.

For information on removing Internet Explorer, see:
"How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8?"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Gin wrote:
> Worried that if I install I8 and my programs or settings fail to work that I
> will not be able to go back to the original IE. As I use my computer for
> work, worried I will not be able to get back to work, hence no $. Is there a
> way to get back to a previous IE if need be and remove I8 or does it replace
> the older version. I keep closing the pop up message to install I8 because I
> dont want to risk it, but the window keeps opening asking me to install it
> for months now and is driving me crazy. It looks like I may alredy have some
> of the features (compatibility icon -looks like ripped paper) so wondering if
> some of it has been downloaded for me already in an update or something?
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
What Leonard said.

<canned>
No-charge support for Internet Explorer 8 installation, set-up and usage
(only) is available via telephone (based on your locale) and has been
extended until 02 July 2010. Customers must be running Windows XP or Windows
Vista in a non-domain environment.

=> US & CA Residents: 1-866-234-6020
=> Other locales:
https://support.microsoft.com/oas/default.aspx?&prid=13043

My personal recommendations include:

=> Install IE8 manually, not via Windows Update/Automatic Updates!! =>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/worldwide-sites.aspx

NB WinXP users: Save the installer to your desktop, do not Run it. When
you're prepared to install IE8, double-click on the saved file.

NB Vista users: Save the installer to your desktop, do not Run it. When
you're prepared to install IE8, right-click on the saved file and select Run
as Administator.

=> Uninstall all third-party toolbars (e.g., Google; Yahoo; Windows Live)
and third-party Windows Themes before installing IE8.

=> Close all open applications (i.e., anything with a taskbar icon) before
installing or uninstalling IE8.

=> I would strongly recommend disabling your anti-virus application and any
anti-spyware application's "system protections" (other than Defender's)
before installing (or uninstalling) an IE upgrade. If you're running a
third-party firewall, I would recommend disabling it and then enabling the
Windows Firewall before installing (or uninstalling) an IE upgrade.

=> Never, EVER use System Restore to "undo" an update, Service Pack, or IE
upgrade! Instead, uninstall the update, Service Pack, or IE upgrade &
reboot. If that doesn't correct the problem, then try System Restore.
[Norton users will need to see http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html]

NB WinXP users=> Reboot twice after installing or uninstalling IE8, then go
to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com | Select CUSTOM and scan | Install any
Critical Security Updates offered (i.e., KB978207). If a Root Certificates
update is listed in the Optional Updates category, install it to take full
advantage of IE's enhanced security.

NB Vista users=> Reboot twice after installing or uninstalling IE8, then
check-in at Windows Update and install any critical security updates
offered.

=> For best chance of success with IE8, make certain that your anti-virus
application version, any anti-spyware applications (other than Defender),
and your third-party firewall (if any) are supported in IE8 before you
decide install it.
</canned>
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Gin wrote:
> Worried that if I install I8 and my programs or settings fail to work that
> I
> will not be able to go back to the original IE. As I use my computer for
> work, worried I will not be able to get back to work, hence no $. Is
> there
> a way to get back to a previous IE if need be and remove I8 or does it
> replace the older version. I keep closing the pop up message to install
> I8
> because I dont want to risk it, but the window keeps opening asking me to
> install it for months now and is driving me crazy. It looks like I may
> alredy have some of the features (compatibility icon -looks like ripped
> paper) so wondering if some of it has been downloaded for me already in an
> update or something?
 
T

Twayne

Flightless Bird
In news:E7F7D162-3E87-4C89-B7A6-C15E6E756B51@microsoft.com,
Gin <Gin@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> Worried that if I install I8 and my programs or settings
> fail to work that I will not be able to go back to the
> original IE. As I use my computer for work, worried I will
> not be able to get back to work, hence no $. Is there a
> way to get back to a previous IE if need be and remove I8
> or does it replace the older version. I keep closing the
> pop up message to install I8 because I dont want to risk
> it, but the window keeps opening asking me to install it
> for months now and is driving me crazy. It looks like I
> may alredy have some of the features (compatibility icon
> -looks like ripped paper) so wondering if some of it has
> been downloaded for me already in an update or something?


First, it sounds as though you are not backing up your
computer. That's one of the worst sins you can commit if
you're using it for income. I'd recommend Norton Ghost or
Acronis True IMage be installed and set up quickly, along with
a terabyte external hard drive to hold the backups. Otherwise
you're playing with fire there. Research and learn about
backups soon.

If you mean IE8 is continually being offered by windows
update, next time you get the update notice, use Custom for
the installs and mark IE8 to NOT be installed. Then you'll
have the opportunity to tell MS to not offer it to you
anymore. It'll stop annoying you.

IMO IE8 is well worth having - but if you're at IE6, the
differences might at first be a little unsettling but once you
get used to to it, you'll love it.

IE8 is easy to uninstall. I note someone gave a link on how to
do that so I won't go any further there.

HTH,

Twayne`
 
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Rob

Flightless Bird
Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
> If you mean IE8 is continually being offered by windows
> update, next time you get the update notice, use Custom for
> the installs and mark IE8 to NOT be installed. Then you'll
> have the opportunity to tell MS to not offer it to you
> anymore. It'll stop annoying you.


My experience is that when you do that, instead of annoying you
with the actual update it will annoy you with the message that
you have marked updates not to be installed and that this is
causing a security risk and should be undone.
(even when this is complete and utter nonsense, like with the
EU browser choice "update")
 
T

Twayne

Flightless Bird
In news:slrnhs9g5r.1fg.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl,
Rob <nomail@example.com> typed:
> Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>> If you mean IE8 is continually being offered by windows
>> update, next time you get the update notice, use Custom for
>> the installs and mark IE8 to NOT be installed. Then you'll
>> have the opportunity to tell MS to not offer it to you
>> anymore. It'll stop annoying you.

>
> My experience is that when you do that, instead of annoying
> you with the actual update it will annoy you with the
> message that you have marked updates not to be installed
> and that this is causing a security risk and should be
> undone. (even when this is complete and utter nonsense,
> like with the EU browser choice "update")


NO, that's the exact reason to tell it to NOT offer it to you
again! It will not appear again in any update and you won't be
asked about it again. It sounds like you skipped or maybe
botched the "don't notify me again" setting. You can also go
to the update site to make this setting if you wish. I've
used it a few time on things like IE7, Silverlight, and
another I can't recall details of at this moment.

HTH,

Twayne`
 
R

Rob

Flightless Bird
Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
> In news:slrnhs9g5r.1fg.nomail@xs8.xs4all.nl,
> Rob <nomail@example.com> typed:
>> Twayne <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote:
>>> If you mean IE8 is continually being offered by windows
>>> update, next time you get the update notice, use Custom for
>>> the installs and mark IE8 to NOT be installed. Then you'll
>>> have the opportunity to tell MS to not offer it to you
>>> anymore. It'll stop annoying you.

>>
>> My experience is that when you do that, instead of annoying
>> you with the actual update it will annoy you with the
>> message that you have marked updates not to be installed
>> and that this is causing a security risk and should be
>> undone. (even when this is complete and utter nonsense,
>> like with the EU browser choice "update")

>
> NO, that's the exact reason to tell it to NOT offer it to you
> again!


That is what you would think (or hope) but it is not how it works.

>It will not appear again in any update and you won't be
> asked about it again. It sounds like you skipped or maybe
> botched the "don't notify me again" setting. You can also go
> to the update site to make this setting if you wish. I've
> used it a few time on things like IE7, Silverlight, and
> another I can't recall details of at this moment.


When an update is in the "important" section, which IE8 is, but
also the "EU browser choice" update, and you tick the do not
offer it again mark, there will be a text area that scares you
that you have hidden important security updates and that you
should revise that. Unfortunately it does not list the hidden
updates in that textarea so you are tempted to click on the link
to see what important updates you have hidden, and those things
that you do not want to install come back.
That includes useless crap like "EU browser choice", "windows
genuine advantage" etc, which are not at all security updates
but are offered by Microsoft as "important updates" (important
for them, not for you) which is then silently aliased to
"security updates" in the warning message.
 
P

PA Bear [MS MVP]

Flightless Bird
We shall alert the media.

Micheal307 wrote:
> I downloaded IE8 yesterday, and now it still works as well as before.
 
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